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Informing My Co-Workers
By Anne Marie Pemberton
This is a copy of note from Anne Marie to her co-workers. We thought that others who may be considering transitioning on the job might find it of some value.
October 29th, 1997
NASA Headquarters
Washington, D.C.
TO: NHCC Operations Staff
( Host, Soc, Noc )
TO: Headquarters Co-workers,
and Friends alike
Originally when I was putting
together the notification list, it was the "KISS" principle
that I wanted to adhere too, but it's all but that. My apology
if some people I know didn't receive a notice.
This is referred to in the
TG community as a "Major Outing of oneself", rarely
done.
As many of you might have
now noticed there has been some changes in my appearance, specifically
my dress, hair, and face. These are all preliminary steps for
a more complete change that I'm under-going. For the next couple
of weeks I'll be away from the office recovering from a surgical
face lift which I feel is necessary in that soon I will be living
and working as a woman full-time.
I will be dressing in my correct
gender, ( which I've been doing slowly ) my voice intonations
will be changing more so, and once my name change has been ordered
by the court, I will insist on being referred to as Anne Marie
Pemberton, though Anne or Anne Marie would be nice now too.
Legally Michael will be gone, and enter Anne Marie. Naturally
it takes time for folks to get adjusted to changes, and I expect
that, but please try. It helps you, help me.
The management here is well
aware of me and that I'm going full-time.
Last year I began gender re-assignment
therapy starting with hormone treatments which has been coming
along nicely. The facial surgery, living full-time "In-Role"
as it's referred to is all preparatory to gender re-assignment
surgery (sex change; I hate that phrase ) for which I've been
recommended, and as of last week I've been scheduled for late
in 1998, Lord willing.
I'm sure many of you aren't
be familiar with the term "Transsexual", but in my case
it's M2F, male to female. I've been living in the wrong body for
all my life and I'm in the process of correcting all that.
The label "TS",
for transsexual is just that, a label that I don't really like,
but I can live for the moment.
If anyone has any questions
please feel free to come to me and ask. I'm more than happy to
speak with anyone I have papers and articles about the condition
( Gender Dysphoria Syndrome ), and how we only wish to be who
we really are. I'm very comfortable, and finding that my life
is starting to stabilize, but she's not finished yet.
One other area that I wish
to mention and will help you to put this into perspective and
that is;
This all has nothing to do
with sexual orientation, even though I am heterosexual , it's
purely an issue of Gender Identity.
Because of the changes I sure
there will be some times that you will not be quite sure how to
take all this, but believe me when I say it, it might be hard
for you to accept this and far harder to understand, but for me
it's my life, happiness, and the return to normalcy for me that's
paramount on my mind.
The support that I receive
from my family, friends, my doctors, and the utmost faith and
trust in the Lord Jesus Christ above all, sustains me.
Thank you for letting me introduce
myself to you all.
Sincerely,
Anne Marie ( Michael ) Pemberton
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